What are the main factors that influence an Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

What industry pays the highest salary for Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor?

The Government industry offers the highest average compensation for Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor roles, with salaries approximately 10% above the market median.

How does experience change An Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor's salary?

An Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor's salary grows with experience: starting around $54,198 for beginners, reaching about $57,283 at mid-level, and approach $60,704 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor?

Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor roles are District of Columbia $65,905, California $65,655, Massachusetts $64,780. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor roles make?

Salaries for Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor level roles vary by specialization: Adjunct Nursing Instructor: $106,864; Adjunct Clinical Instructor: $103,307; Online Adjunct Instructor: $70,346; Adjunct Chemistry Instructor: $64,242; Adjunct Art Instructor: $63,568.

Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor Salary in Vermont

How much does an Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor make in Vermont? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for an Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor in Vermont is $58,423 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $28.

However, an Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $74,109
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $51,112 to $66,633
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $44,455

10% $44,455

50% (Median) $58,423

90% $74,109

Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$66,633	$5,553	$1,281	$32
Average	$58,423	$4,869	$1,124	$28
25th Percentile	$51,112	$4,259	$983	$25

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Key Factors That Influence Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor Salaries

An Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $54,198
Early Career (1-2 years): $54,426
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $57,283
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $60,476
Expert (over 8 years): $60,704

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor	less than 1 year	$54,198
Early Career Level Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor	1-2 years	$54,426
Mid-Level Level Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor	2-4 years	$57,283
Senior-Level Level Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor	5-8 years	$60,476
Expert Level Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor	over 8 years	$60,704

How Do Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructors. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $65,905.
California: $65,655.
Massachusetts: $64,780.

District of Columbia $65,905 California $65,655 Massachusetts $64,780 Washington $64,542 New Jersey $64,518 Alaska $64,435 Connecticut $63,614 New York $63,280

Hawaii $62,215 Rhode Island $61,715 Maryland $61,376 Minnesota $60,911 Colorado $60,733 Illinois $60,673 Oregon $60,447 Delaware $60,280

New Hampshire $60,175 Virginia $59,941 Pennsylvania $59,256 Nevada $58,911 North Dakota $58,798 Michigan $58,620 Wisconsin $58,554 Vermont $58,423

Texas $58,060 Maine $58,036 Arizona $58,000 Ohio $57,959 Georgia $57,411 Indiana $57,137 Wyoming $57,084 Utah $57,000

Iowa $56,965 Kansas $56,679 Louisiana $56,596 North Carolina $56,566 Missouri $56,554 Florida $56,322 Montana $56,197 Nebraska $56,078

Kentucky $56,012 South Carolina $55,774 Tennessee $55,625 Idaho $55,566 New Mexico $55,131 Oklahoma $55,036 Alabama $54,685 South Dakota $54,096

Arkansas $53,774 West Virginia $53,602 Mississippi $53,084

Top Paying Cities for Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Adamant: $59,801
Barre: $59,891
Cabot: $59,759

Adamant, VT $59,801

Barre, VT $59,891

Cabot, VT $59,759

Calais, VT $59,812

East Barre, VT $59,800

East Calais, VT $59,801

East Montpelier, VT $59,841

Eden, VT $59,762

Eden Mills, VT $59,708

Graniteville, VT $59,887

Hyde Park, VT $59,850

Johnson, VT $59,925

Lake Elmore, VT $59,783

Marshfield, VT $59,770

Moretown, VT $59,930

Morrisville, VT $59,923

Moscow, VT $59,953

Northfield, VT $59,856

Northfield Falls, VT $60,136

North Hyde Park, VT $59,846

North Montpelier, VT $59,786

Plainfield, VT $59,777

Roxbury, VT $59,676

South Barre, VT $59,961

Waterbury, VT $59,947

Stowe, VT $59,955

Waitsfield, VT $59,922

Warren, VT $59,810

Washington, VT $59,693

Waterbury Center, VT $59,945

Websterville, VT $59,878

Williamstown, VT $59,808

Wolcott, VT $59,775

Woodbury, VT $59,717

Worcester, VT $59,776

Rutland, VT $59,774

Belmont, VT $59,590

Benson, VT $59,589

Bomoseen, VT $59,683

Brandon, VT $59,727

Bridport, VT $59,734

Castleton, VT $59,695

Center Rutland, VT $59,736

Chittenden, VT $59,598

Cuttingsville, VT $59,577

Danby, VT $59,679

East Middlebury, VT $59,767

East Poultney, VT $59,686

East Wallingford, VT $59,621

Fair Haven, VT $59,642

Florence, VT $59,621

Forest Dale, VT $59,730

Gaysville, VT $59,350

Granville, VT $59,631

Hancock, VT $59,621

Hydeville, VT $59,690

Killington, VT $59,615

Middlebury, VT $59,859

Middletown Springs, VT $59,653

Mount Holly, VT $59,598

North Clarendon, VT $59,686

Orwell, VT $59,679

Pawlet, VT $59,700

Pittsfield, VT $59,649

Pittsford, VT $59,706

Poultney, VT $59,695

Proctor, VT $59,761

Ripton, VT $59,692

Rochester, VT $59,661

Rupert, VT $59,655

Salisbury, VT $59,750

Shoreham, VT $59,700

Stockbridge, VT $59,594

Wallingford, VT $59,626

Wells, VT $59,703

West Pawlet, VT $59,723

West Rupert, VT $59,709

West Rutland, VT $59,673

Whiting, VT $59,702

Saint Johnsbury, VT $59,767

Albany, VT $59,732

Barnet, VT $59,703

Barton, VT $59,725

Beebe Plain, VT $59,743

Concord, VT $59,646

Coventry, VT $59,813

Craftsbury, VT $59,749

Craftsbury Common, VT $59,752

Danville, VT $59,716

Derby, VT $59,743

Derby Line, VT $59,699

East Burke, VT $59,697

East Charleston, VT $59,703

East Hardwick, VT $59,735

East Haven, VT $59,567

East Saint Johnsbury, VT $59,765

Glover, VT $59,708

Granby, VT $59,493

Greensboro, VT $59,687

Greensboro Bend, VT $59,725

Hardwick, VT $59,792

Irasburg, VT $59,711

Island Pond, VT $59,613

Lowell, VT $59,690

Lower Waterford, VT $59,759

Lyndon, VT $59,748

Lyndon Center, VT $59,815

Lyndonville, VT $59,750

Morgan, VT $59,643

Newport, VT $59,779

Newport Center, VT $59,703

North Concord, VT $59,547

North Troy, VT $59,711

Orleans, VT $59,689

Passumpsic, VT $59,770

Peacham, VT $59,650

Saint Johnsbury Center, VT $59,772

Sheffield, VT $59,666

Sutton, VT $59,661

Troy, VT $59,717

West Burke, VT $59,701

West Charleston, VT $59,673

West Danville, VT $59,720

Westfield, VT $59,672

West Glover, VT $59,713

Averill, VT $59,365

Beecher Falls, VT $59,750

Canaan, VT $59,602

Gilman, VT $59,864

Guildhall, VT $59,523

Lunenburg, VT $59,653

Norton, VT $59,484

North Bennington, VT $60,149

North Pownal, VT $60,270

Pownal, VT $60,304

White River Junction, VT $59,759

Ascutney, VT $59,787

Barnard, VT $59,623

Bethel, VT $59,660

Bradford, VT $59,723

Bridgewater, VT $59,684

Bridgewater Corners, VT $59,566

Brookfield, VT $59,718

Brownsville, VT $59,686

Chelsea, VT $59,684

Corinth, VT $59,668

East Corinth, VT $59,693

East Randolph, VT $59,704

East Ryegate, VT $59,652

East Thetford, VT $59,726

Fairlee, VT $59,662

Groton, VT $59,678

Hartford, VT $59,914

Hartland, VT $59,705

Hartland Four Corners, VT $59,702

Mc Indoe Falls, VT $59,856

Newbury, VT $59,671

North Hartland, VT $59,747

North Pomfret, VT $59,645

North Thetford, VT $59,725

Norwich, VT $59,713

Plymouth, VT $59,523

Post Mills, VT $59,712

Quechee, VT $59,774

Randolph, VT $59,763

Randolph Center, VT $59,733

Reading, VT $59,573

Sharon, VT $59,659

South Pomfret, VT $59,602

South Royalton, VT $59,676

South Ryegate, VT $59,688

South Strafford, VT $59,673

South Woodstock, VT $59,587

Strafford, VT $59,621

Taftsville, VT $59,778

Thetford, VT $59,726

Thetford Center, VT $59,664

Topsham, VT $59,646

Tunbridge, VT $59,657

Vershire, VT $59,629

Wells River, VT $59,692

West Fairlee, VT $59,802

West Hartford, VT $59,646

West Newbury, VT $59,669

West Topsham, VT $59,693

Wilder, VT $59,917

Windsor, VT $59,729

Woodstock, VT $59,656

Bellows Falls, VT $59,874

Cambridgeport, VT $59,805

Cavendish, VT $59,606

Chester, VT $59,666

Chester Depot, VT $59,645

Grafton, VT $59,621

Londonderry, VT $59,728

Ludlow, VT $59,637

North Springfield, VT $59,846

Perkinsville, VT $59,683

Peru, VT $59,665

Proctorsville, VT $59,617

Saxtons River, VT $59,861

South Londonderry, VT $59,765

Springfield, VT $59,817

Westminster, VT $59,873

Westminster Station, VT $59,877

Weston, VT $59,604

Shaftsbury, VT $60,077

Brattleboro, VT $59,996

Bondville, VT $59,748

East Dover, VT $59,869

Jacksonville, VT $60,020

Jamaica, VT $59,749

Marlboro, VT $60,293

Newfane, VT $59,830

Putney, VT $59,817

Readsboro, VT $60,300

South Newfane, VT $59,850

Stamford, VT $60,256

Townshend, VT $59,775

Vernon, VT $60,179

Wardsboro, VT $59,819

West Dover, VT $59,917

West Dummerston, VT $59,845

West Halifax, VT $59,937

West Townshend, VT $59,695

West Wardsboro, VT $59,696

Whitingham, VT $59,998

Williamsville, VT $59,845

Wilmington, VT $59,962

Burlington, VT $60,125

South Burlington, VT $60,122

Winooski, VT $60,125

Colchester, VT $60,125

Alburgh, VT $59,825

Bakersfield, VT $59,914

Belvidere Center, VT $59,697

Bristol, VT $59,927

Cambridge, VT $59,998

Charlotte, VT $60,044

East Berkshire, VT $59,856

East Fairfield, VT $59,946

Enosburg Falls, VT $59,780

Essex, VT $60,080

Essex Junction, VT $60,084

Fairfax, VT $60,002

Fairfield, VT $59,945

Ferrisburgh, VT $59,977

Franklin, VT $59,784

Grand Isle, VT $60,008

Highgate Center, VT $59,834

Highgate Springs, VT $59,865

Hinesburg, VT $60,043

Huntington, VT $59,998

Isle La Motte, VT $59,900

Jeffersonville, VT $59,958

Jericho, VT $60,030

Jonesville, VT $60,042

Milton, VT $60,058

Monkton, VT $59,995

Montgomery, VT $59,780

Montgomery Center, VT $59,708

New Haven, VT $59,920

North Ferrisburgh, VT $60,004

North Hero, VT $59,945

Richford, VT $59,770

Richmond, VT $60,036

Saint Albans, VT $59,971

Saint Albans Bay, VT $59,964

Shelburne, VT $60,099

Sheldon, VT $59,900

Sheldon Springs, VT $60,047

South Hero, VT $60,062

Starksboro, VT $59,962

Swanton, VT $59,889

Underhill, VT $60,016

Underhill Center, VT $60,018

Vergennes, VT $59,901

Waterville, VT $59,921

Westford, VT $60,046

Williston, VT $60,091

Montpelier, VT $59,881

Bennington, VT $60,193

Arlington, VT $59,981

Dorset, VT $59,748

East Arlington, VT $59,725

East Dorset, VT $59,749

Manchester, VT $59,910

Manchester Center, VT $59,871

Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor roles, the industry you choose can impact your earning potential by as much as 20% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the highest-paying industry, Government, offers compensation 10% above the average. Conversely, Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor positions in Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay, as this sector often view Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industry for an Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Government	$64,265	$31.0	10%

Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Adjunct Faculty/Lab Instructor's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$51,112

Average $58,423/year

$66,633

$4,259

Average $4,869/month

$5,553

$983

Average $1,124/week

$1,281

$25

Average $28/hour

$32

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$66,633	$5,553	$1,281	$32
Average	$58,423	$4,869	$1,124	$28
25th Percentile	$51,112	$4,259	$983	$25

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